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romney's views. we still support him. >> wow, not often do you hear somebody say i disagree with your views on rape and incest, but, um, um, i disagree with your views on rape and incest but not a dealbreaker. >> the job of scrubbing the deck fell to john sununu out in force to clear up any doubts about the campaign's position. >> rape is a heinous vile act and horrible and when mourdock s says that romney immediately condemned that. >> was the unfortunate rape snafu cleaned up? perhaps. not before sununu went on to say this about former secretary of state colin powell and his endorsement of president obama. >> when you take a look at colin powell you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement based on issues or he has a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> well, i think when you have somebody of your own race you're proud of being president of the united states i applaud colin for standing with him. >> what better way to compound a highly charg
romney's views. we still support him. >> wow, not often do you hear somebody say i disagree with your views on rape and incest, but, um, um, i disagree with your views on rape and incest but not a dealbreaker. >> the job of scrubbing the deck fell to john sununu out in force to clear up any doubts about the campaign's position. >> rape is a heinous vile act and horrible and when mourdock s says that romney immediately condemned that. >> was the unfortunate rape snafu...
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romney. >> i did. >> are you in contact with him all the time? >> yes. >> what do you talk about? >> in general. he has a stance on china, which is a country that is ripping our heart out. we do nothing to protect ourselves, that i really like. >> where were these made? >> i don't know where they were made. but they are great. it's ties, shirts, cuff links. sold at macy's and they are doing great. >> where are the ties made? >> the ties are made in where? china. the ties are made in china. >> that look on donald trump's face is worth a million gold plated towers. that's worth the price of whatever impulse you have towards your fellow human being donald trump. whatever price you pay in empathetic shame just for the pleasure of seeing his actual shame at having that issue resolved that way on national tv. to be satisfied with seeing this lie of his unravelled. because it is a kind of lie to make it seem like you're the guy who would be super tough on china in business terms and economic terms.
romney. >> i did. >> are you in contact with him all the time? >> yes. >> what do you talk about? >> in general. he has a stance on china, which is a country that is ripping our heart out. we do nothing to protect ourselves, that i really like. >> where were these made? >> i don't know where they were made. but they are great. it's ties, shirts, cuff links. sold at macy's and they are doing great. >> where are the ties made? >> the ties are...
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it's not just about mitt romney. this is going to set a template, if he wins, if he's successful in this big lie strategy of running for president, this will become a template for campaigns on both sides of the aisle moving forward. as you know, people who run campaigns are always waging the last campaign, whatever won there, they're going to drag it into the next cycle or the present cycle. imagine if we find out that you can lie so brazenly and not have to pay for it in a presidential campaign. in fact, you can triumph through lying. it will be quite an extraordinary thing. >> let's take a look at it, ron and john. let's look at last night. here he is presenting himself as a man of peace saying military action was the furthest thing from his mind, even on iran, on iran. last resort he's talking. let's watch. >> it's also essential for us to understand what our mission is in iran, that is to dissuade iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic means. i laid out seven steps. crippling sanctions
it's not just about mitt romney. this is going to set a template, if he wins, if he's successful in this big lie strategy of running for president, this will become a template for campaigns on both sides of the aisle moving forward. as you know, people who run campaigns are always waging the last campaign, whatever won there, they're going to drag it into the next cycle or the present cycle. imagine if we find out that you can lie so brazenly and not have to pay for it in a presidential...
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romney, right? why on god's great campaign trail would mitt romney get up in front of 12,000 people in ohio and tell them the auto bailout actually hasn't helped you at all. your jobs making jeeps are going to china. i read it somewhere. where's this story he said he read somewhere? we found it. here it is. he was apparently trolling the nether regions of the right-wing press. he found it on a washington examiner blog post, which reported, quote, jeep, an obama favorite, looks to shift production to china. a move that would crash the economy in toledo. is this true? this is not true. this is a conservative blogger's misreading of a bloomberg report that actually was reporting this news for jeep. the bloomberg report was that global demand for jeep has risen to the point where the company can sell more of them in china and it wants to build jeeps for china in china. this is good news for an american company, not bad news. they are not shipping american jobs overseas. this doesn't mean less work for a
romney, right? why on god's great campaign trail would mitt romney get up in front of 12,000 people in ohio and tell them the auto bailout actually hasn't helped you at all. your jobs making jeeps are going to china. i read it somewhere. where's this story he said he read somewhere? we found it. here it is. he was apparently trolling the nether regions of the right-wing press. he found it on a washington examiner blog post, which reported, quote, jeep, an obama favorite, looks to shift...
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romney handled it okay. but the president made it clear, romney sis inconsistent. romney wanted to show people he's fluid in foreign policy. the president is right, there is a lot of holes in things mitt romney said last night versus the past, but he largely would send the signal to some voters i can do this job. i'm credible as commander in chief. getting over that bar is what his goal was so people would move past that question and on to other issues. >> even understanding the romney strategy if you were on twitter last night, reading the analysis afterwards, a lot of conservatives thought romney could have gone too far for applauding the president. i praise the president, i agree with the president actually. was that part of the strategy? >> it was part of the strategy. he may have done it more than his own advisers would have liked. but the point was to suggest mature, responsible, that he would be a steady hand on foreign policy. that he's not a war mongerme mm. by agreeing with the president, he took the edge off of that. the president is not scene quite as f
romney handled it okay. but the president made it clear, romney sis inconsistent. romney wanted to show people he's fluid in foreign policy. the president is right, there is a lot of holes in things mitt romney said last night versus the past, but he largely would send the signal to some voters i can do this job. i'm credible as commander in chief. getting over that bar is what his goal was so people would move past that question and on to other issues. >> even understanding the romney...
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romney tries to have voters believe that he's a car guy, proud son of george romney, held of american motors. but there is that op-ed that will haunt him for the next nine days. and the title says it all. let detroit go bankrupt. romney might have been voicing his opposition to bailing out the auto companies and instead managed -- wanted to go with managed bankruptcy, but it translated if he want detroit to go away and die. and while the auto industry is making a slow and somewhat staggered comeback, it walk as fine line between bankruptcy and solvency. president obama's plan did not give up on the american car or american car manufacturing. and that may translate in the president's favor beyond michigan into key battleground states like ohio where recent polls show him doing better among white male voters than in other parts of the country. so ari, to me this notion of romney trying to sell himself as an automat bot when he's clear deceptive, he can keep saying i love cars when we have that let detroit go bankrupt headline. >> this goes to the entire mindset of their world views. mit
romney tries to have voters believe that he's a car guy, proud son of george romney, held of american motors. but there is that op-ed that will haunt him for the next nine days. and the title says it all. let detroit go bankrupt. romney might have been voicing his opposition to bailing out the auto companies and instead managed -- wanted to go with managed bankruptcy, but it translated if he want detroit to go away and die. and while the auto industry is making a slow and somewhat staggered...
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obviously knew mitt romney the business man before candidate romney became the camtive of the tea party. he believes that he can still do the numbers that any ceo can do. it simpossible to do it the way say that kill conton to it. >> what new ideas do we bring to wa washington. i always give abanswer. arithma arithmatic. >> the reason we need higher taxes is arithmetic. america is left to get humid will take orders from. this old friends the most powerful ceo's? or niss how frens flow ver nor cryst and the antitax fanattics on his crun ti tz. >> i'm not going to raise taxes on the american people. i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use
obviously knew mitt romney the business man before candidate romney became the camtive of the tea party. he believes that he can still do the numbers that any ceo can do. it simpossible to do it the way say that kill conton to it. >> what new ideas do we bring to wa washington. i always give abanswer. arithma arithmatic. >> the reason we need higher taxes is arithmetic. america is left to get humid will take orders from. this old friends the most powerful ceo's? or niss how frens...
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romney? we'll get to our panel for more on the intersection of a hurricane and presidential campaign in a moment, but first, we want to get more on the crane collapse here in midtown manhattan. a precarious and dangerous situation as the boom itself is now hanging on top of what will be the tallest residential building in new york city on 57th street and 6th avenue. let's get right to rehema ellis, about a block away from the building, for the latest. as i understand it, construction sites were ordered to tie things down by 5:00 p.m. on saturday, so what has happened here? >> reporter: well, what happened is what they hoped would not happen. what they feared could happen, martin, because, as you point out, two days ago they had ordered all building construction crews to stop, to suspend that construction with anticipation that something like this could happen. but this is beyond their anticipation. in fact, what we're told by the national weather service is that the wind was blowing at only a
romney? we'll get to our panel for more on the intersection of a hurricane and presidential campaign in a moment, but first, we want to get more on the crane collapse here in midtown manhattan. a precarious and dangerous situation as the boom itself is now hanging on top of what will be the tallest residential building in new york city on 57th street and 6th avenue. let's get right to rehema ellis, about a block away from the building, for the latest. as i understand it, construction sites were...
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so far romney is declining to ask senate nominee to remove a campaign ad from the air featuring romney's endorsement of mourdock's senate bid. >>> earlier in the day the president sat down with brian william, part of exclusive behind the scenes access to president obama on the campaign trail, with just 12 days to go, brian asked the president if he surprised the race is so tight. >> after '08, power of incumbency, you got osama bin laden, you did not expect to be sitting on a more substantial race than we are here? >> no, brian, listen, you have short memory. folks in your business were writing me off a year ago, saying there's no way i would win. so, you know, these things go in ebbs and flows. the one thing i've always tried to be is steady in terms of what i'm believing in, who i'm fighting for. and i think that one of the qualities i bring to bear in this campaign is people see, what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered and they can have some confidence that the things i say i mean. >> you can see more of brian's interview with the president on the campaign t
so far romney is declining to ask senate nominee to remove a campaign ad from the air featuring romney's endorsement of mourdock's senate bid. >>> earlier in the day the president sat down with brian william, part of exclusive behind the scenes access to president obama on the campaign trail, with just 12 days to go, brian asked the president if he surprised the race is so tight. >> after '08, power of incumbency, you got osama bin laden, you did not expect to be sitting on a...
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romney. during monday night's debate, romney claimed he never opposed the automobile rescue, but he did. in 2008, he wrote an op-ed of "the new york times," saying that the government should let detroit go bankrupt. romney now insists he wanted a managed bankruptcy. instead, by the way, romney's not talking about the automobile industry on the campaign trail lately, but president obama is. >> if you sit on stage in a nationally televised debate, saying how much you love cars. you're a car guy, except you wrote an article titled, "let detroit go bankrupt," then you almost certainly have romnesia. >> romney not only opposed the policy which saved the automobile industry and more than a million jobs, he actually -- listen to this, folks -- profited off of it. that's right. "the nation" magazine reports that romney, he had invested in delp delphi. it's a major supplier of general motors. and it was in serious financial trouble back in 2009. delphi ended up getting, what? billions of taxpayer doll
romney. during monday night's debate, romney claimed he never opposed the automobile rescue, but he did. in 2008, he wrote an op-ed of "the new york times," saying that the government should let detroit go bankrupt. romney now insists he wanted a managed bankruptcy. instead, by the way, romney's not talking about the automobile industry on the campaign trail lately, but president obama is. >> if you sit on stage in a nationally televised debate, saying how much you love cars....
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you talked about the softer romney, not the war monger romney. but how many people over the long run, we've got two weeks of ads, two weeks of clarity. how many people are going to buy that for one performance? because we also are seeing a romney that had done 180-degree turn from some of the things that he said. and i'm going to get deeper in that later in the show. but i mean, how can he sustain that? >> well, it depends on how closely people have been paying attention. i mean, arguably nobody watched last night's debate enough to make a real big difference. but, you know, he has had real issues with abortion discussions and gender right stuff. he has not been stellar on women rights issue. so i don't think that he has the record that's going to impress a lot of women voters. at the same time, at this point, the economy is the biggest issue and he is making this appeal to all voters that he's the one who can, you know, get the economy back so that they won't have to worry about putting food on the table. >> now, his argument, jamal, has been th
you talked about the softer romney, not the war monger romney. but how many people over the long run, we've got two weeks of ads, two weeks of clarity. how many people are going to buy that for one performance? because we also are seeing a romney that had done 180-degree turn from some of the things that he said. and i'm going to get deeper in that later in the show. but i mean, how can he sustain that? >> well, it depends on how closely people have been paying attention. i mean, arguably...
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he looked romney right in the eye and romney game it back to him. we're showing the intense moments. what did you make of that? >> the president actually was leaning in. he wasn't just looking at romney. his whole body engagement was much closer. it made them seem closer than they were. the one thing that i think the president probably would have been better off not doing in terms of the confrontation is the sarcasm on the line about the battleships. i think that -- >> that was a great line. it was the best line! >> i thought horses and bayonets is a good line. i don't think sarcasm is a great tool to use too often. >> he sunk romney's battleship. >> first of all, we should set this up. after the last debate, one of the 27ons of mitt romney, tagg romney, was the one went on a radio show and he was so upset watching the debate he wanted to take a swing at president obama. it caused a big controversy. at the end of last night's debate, it was captured on video. we might show it here. he actually went up to obama, and it was an interesting moment where
he looked romney right in the eye and romney game it back to him. we're showing the intense moments. what did you make of that? >> the president actually was leaning in. he wasn't just looking at romney. his whole body engagement was much closer. it made them seem closer than they were. the one thing that i think the president probably would have been better off not doing in terms of the confrontation is the sarcasm on the line about the battleships. i think that -- >> that was a...
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for mitt romney. tonight, a 30-point win for president obama. now, be you can always read too much into these polls but a big win for mitt romney, that poll is part of the reason it was seen as such a big win. that poll tonight showing a bigger win for president obama. we're going to go back to chris matthews who is in boca raton with stephanie cutter. >> let's read a lot into it. stephanie, what do you make of the fact that we have three polls out tonight? we're going to hear from a smaller group. cbs among undecided, how do they matter in the way that people react to these polls? do they wait to see who the numbers go with or make their own judgment? what do you think? >> i think that these instant polls have an influence on how press cover these debates and the aftermath and the day after but i think the american people watching the debate tonight probably made their own judgments. i think they probably came down with the same conclusion that cbs did, that they saw one commander commander tonight a
for mitt romney. tonight, a 30-point win for president obama. now, be you can always read too much into these polls but a big win for mitt romney, that poll is part of the reason it was seen as such a big win. that poll tonight showing a bigger win for president obama. we're going to go back to chris matthews who is in boca raton with stephanie cutter. >> let's read a lot into it. stephanie, what do you make of the fact that we have three polls out tonight? we're going to hear from a...
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the friends of mitt romney the friends of mitt romney his supporters in favor of higher taxes are in tonight's rewrite. of fancy, french mustard. when they magically unite, people would think, "woah, this two dollar hot dog tastes like a fancy eight dollar hot dog." download zeebox free, and say "woah" every time you watch tv. tastes like a fancy eight dollar hot dog." you know it can be hard to lbreathe, and how that feels.e, copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives,
the friends of mitt romney the friends of mitt romney his supporters in favor of higher taxes are in tonight's rewrite. of fancy, french mustard. when they magically unite, people would think, "woah, this two dollar hot dog tastes like a fancy eight dollar hot dog." download zeebox free, and say "woah" every time you watch tv. tastes like a fancy eight dollar hot dog." you know it can be hard to lbreathe, and how that feels.e, copd includes chronic bronchitis and...
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mitt romney has 48.9%. and according to 538, if the election were held today, the president would win re-election well 288 electoral votes. romney would get 250. it takes 270 votes to win the white house. a brand new ohio poll gives the president a five-point lead in that crucial state propelled by a two to one average in early voting. as of tonight, 6.5 million people have already voted in this election. with over a million voting in just the last 24 hours. we'll have much more on the early vote later on in this show. but we start with tonight's lead. hiding in plain sight. we know the republican party has been taken over by its far right wing and mitt romney has been dancing as fast as he can to present a moderate face to the country. he did it in the debates and he's trying to do it in the home stretch of this election. but i don't think it's going to work. that's because the extreme views of his party just keep poppinging up at the most inconvenient moments. today is the issue of abortion and the radica
mitt romney has 48.9%. and according to 538, if the election were held today, the president would win re-election well 288 electoral votes. romney would get 250. it takes 270 votes to win the white house. a brand new ohio poll gives the president a five-point lead in that crucial state propelled by a two to one average in early voting. as of tonight, 6.5 million people have already voted in this election. with over a million voting in just the last 24 hours. we'll have much more on the early...
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senate. >> late last night, the romney campaign issued a statement reading governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock's comments. dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz slammed the remarks as outrageous and demeaning. >>> governor romney has a slight lead over president obama in a new poll. romney is head of the president 49% to 48%. that was only after rounding off the decimal points. since the numbers are within the margin of error, the two candidates are in a virtual tie. and the time to press the flesh is getting short for the keanes as they try to lock in every single last vote before november 6th. nbc's tracie potts has details for us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. they're doing it by crisscrossing this country, hitting the battleground states. let's talk about governor romney. is he in nevada and iowa today. he's going to be in ohio tomorrow after last night rallying with his running mate, paul ryan. he had a huge rally in colorado, in addition to that "washington post"/abc poll there's a virtual tie in the latest reuters poll. he's on
senate. >> late last night, the romney campaign issued a statement reading governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock's comments. dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz slammed the remarks as outrageous and demeaning. >>> governor romney has a slight lead over president obama in a new poll. romney is head of the president 49% to 48%. that was only after rounding off the decimal points. since the numbers are within the margin of error, the two candidates are in a virtual tie. and...
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romney is good at that. the the moderator asked romney if threatening china could ignite a trade war. >> they sell us about this much stuff every year. and we sell them about this much stuff every year. it's pretty clear who doesn't want a trade war. there's one going on right now, which we don't know about. and they are winning. >> romney likes to whine about china, but the president didn't let him get away with it. >> governor romney is right. you are familiar with jobs being shipped overseas because you invested in companies shipping jobs overseas. >> romney wants to label china a currency manipulator. but under president obama, exports have doubled. e he created a trade enforcement task force to prosecute china for cheating. he's also building regional relationships to pressure china to play fair. and there's one other trade policy the president reminded romney about last night. >> if we had taken your advice about the auto industry, we would be buying cars from china instead of selling cars to china. >>
romney is good at that. the the moderator asked romney if threatening china could ignite a trade war. >> they sell us about this much stuff every year. and we sell them about this much stuff every year. it's pretty clear who doesn't want a trade war. there's one going on right now, which we don't know about. and they are winning. >> romney likes to whine about china, but the president didn't let him get away with it. >> governor romney is right. you are familiar with jobs...
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romney's at 206. he would need some combination, even if he gets florida and even if he gets virginia where he's favored. 248, 271, colorado and even if he gets colorado. look at that, he's at 257. wisconsin, 267 and you can swap wisconsin for iowa. it's why the midwest is so important and why it is so key for mitt romney to win two of those three midwestern states and if president obama gets ohio you can see how difficult the path becomes for romney and how it can go for president obama. >> domenica, what's the one state that will keep us up all night come election day. >> well, you know, we've talked a lot about florida. we've talked a lot about virginia and we've talked about the importance of ohio and it's still important and lots of electoral votes out there and let's put all of these back in and let's take a look here and the one state we think about is colorado, because if you were to take florida and give it to mitt romney, virginia, give it to mitt romney, o highway owe, give it to mitt romne
romney's at 206. he would need some combination, even if he gets florida and even if he gets virginia where he's favored. 248, 271, colorado and even if he gets colorado. look at that, he's at 257. wisconsin, 267 and you can swap wisconsin for iowa. it's why the midwest is so important and why it is so key for mitt romney to win two of those three midwestern states and if president obama gets ohio you can see how difficult the path becomes for romney and how it can go for president obama....
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among men, mitt romney holds a ten point advantage. when asked which candidate is better prepared to create jobs and improve the economy, the mitt romney has an edge. when asked what the nation's economy will look like over the next 12 months, only 9% believe it will get worse. that's the lowest number that's been reported in decades. when it comes to the direction of the country, 41 percent perfection say we're on the right track. that's the highest number the poll has recorded in three years. >>> tonight's debate is moderated by bob schieffer. they see this as the last chance to move the needle in any significant way in the swing states. there is genuine concern within the campaign that swing voters with whom romney needs to connect have little interest in foreign affairs. nevertheless, iran will certainly be a big topic. "the new york times" over the weekend reported that the united states and tehran have agreed in principle to engage in one on one negotiations over iran's programs. they cite anonymous sources within the administrat
among men, mitt romney holds a ten point advantage. when asked which candidate is better prepared to create jobs and improve the economy, the mitt romney has an edge. when asked what the nation's economy will look like over the next 12 months, only 9% believe it will get worse. that's the lowest number that's been reported in decades. when it comes to the direction of the country, 41 percent perfection say we're on the right track. that's the highest number the poll has recorded in three years....
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romney is also a hypocrite. as president obama points out, mitt romney's plan for the auto workers of ohio would have actually sent jobs to china. >> he's hoping you remember that it's likely to create jobs in china because is shifts them overseas instead of here in the united states of america. if mitt romney had been president when the auto industry was on the verge of collapse, we might not have an automobile industry today. we'd be buying cars from china instead of selling to them. >> mitt romney's path to the presidency is impossible without ohio's 18 electoral votes. right now winning ohio is not looking good for romney. six ohio polls were released this week. five of them have president obama leading. one is tied. president obama's average lead in ohio is 2.3 points. that's a big lead, seriously. now families in northern ohio have not forgotten what the rescue of the automobile industry did for their state. one in eight ohio jobs are about the automobile industry. this is why mitt romney is doing everythi
romney is also a hypocrite. as president obama points out, mitt romney's plan for the auto workers of ohio would have actually sent jobs to china. >> he's hoping you remember that it's likely to create jobs in china because is shifts them overseas instead of here in the united states of america. if mitt romney had been president when the auto industry was on the verge of collapse, we might not have an automobile industry today. we'd be buying cars from china instead of selling to them....
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romney seems naive. i tweeted back do you think to the average joe and she tweeted back probably not. i think governor romney did enough to convince the average american that he was conversant with foreign policy and by a aligning himself with the president he absolutely reassured americans that there's not going to be hawkish guy in the white house, that they're going to have to worry about having another ground war in asia. i thought president obama won the debate dramatically on points. in terms of changing votes i think what the romney campaign did was very smart because all the walk backs, they're viewed by a million people. last night was viewed by 50 million people. >> howard, i think what you're seeing today in the aftermath of this debate is the president trying to make the walk backs and romnesia a character issue to undermine any belief that americans may have, okay. i can trust this guy that's not an elite plutocrat. >> the president has been making that since the first debate and it's not cl
romney seems naive. i tweeted back do you think to the average joe and she tweeted back probably not. i think governor romney did enough to convince the average american that he was conversant with foreign policy and by a aligning himself with the president he absolutely reassured americans that there's not going to be hawkish guy in the white house, that they're going to have to worry about having another ground war in asia. i thought president obama won the debate dramatically on points. in...
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they'll go with mitt romney. mitt romney has done a good job attacking through the middle. there's a lot more enthusiasm with republican voters. i haven't totaled polls. i've looked at them. my guys are smiling, too. i think ohio is going to go romney's way and i think that it's going to be one of those things that if you have somebody like rob portman working so closely with the romney campaign leading the charge, very popular senator, i think they'll do well in ohio. >> john, you have been getting bad press, the republicans have for this new ad running in ohio. let me play a little bit of it for you. >> who will do more for the auto industry? not barack obama. obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> chrysler thought that ad was so misleading they put out a statement making the point that, in fact, they're adding 1100 jobs in detroit and any jeeps that are made in china are for the people of china. was that a mistake on their part? a lot of newspapers h
they'll go with mitt romney. mitt romney has done a good job attacking through the middle. there's a lot more enthusiasm with republican voters. i haven't totaled polls. i've looked at them. my guys are smiling, too. i think ohio is going to go romney's way and i think that it's going to be one of those things that if you have somebody like rob portman working so closely with the romney campaign leading the charge, very popular senator, i think they'll do well in ohio. >> john, you have...
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and mitt romney has to run the table. and the problem is that there's a lack of enthusiasm among undecided voters in these states because they don't trust his policies and they don't want to go back to the policies that failed us in the bush administration. >> well, obviously, brad, the romney campaign disagrees with you and let me talk specifically about ohio because there's this memo from the romney cam main in ohio and here's what it says, a steady upward trajectory among key voting blocs shows a close race but one trending in mitt prom romney's direction. the polls show up 1 to 5 points. the memo from the directors, what do you say about the trajectory and the momentum? >> i would say in ohio "time" magazine had the president up five and one point away from 50. mitt romney's never cracked the code in ohio and he's never going to. i mean, this is a state that the republican governor there has said has recovered economically. he can't say that without attributing some of that success to the president. it's a state where
and mitt romney has to run the table. and the problem is that there's a lack of enthusiasm among undecided voters in these states because they don't trust his policies and they don't want to go back to the policies that failed us in the bush administration. >> well, obviously, brad, the romney campaign disagrees with you and let me talk specifically about ohio because there's this memo from the romney cam main in ohio and here's what it says, a steady upward trajectory among key voting...
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romney. >> think what you've seen over the last few sweweeks is a consolidation of his base. you've seen particularly in our poll in the nbc/wall street journal poll barack obama's numbers have been stable. philippines look at registered voters. what that does mean a lot of the media momentum is with mitt romney. he's getting more of the positive headlines and more momentum describing headlines. going into tonight his challenge is to go in and not over learn once again the lessons of that first debate and be so aggressive. the elephant in the room he has so many george bush's advisers on his team. they are talking about whether we should take military acshow in the middle east. he has to calibrate how he'll attack that issue. >> that's the last thing people want on the right is to align romney with bush and remind people that mitt romney is being advised by a lot of the people that advised george w. bush. >> john bolton, he has the bush team. >> mitt romney, a novice on foreign policy. he has
romney. >> think what you've seen over the last few sweweeks is a consolidation of his base. you've seen particularly in our poll in the nbc/wall street journal poll barack obama's numbers have been stable. philippines look at registered voters. what that does mean a lot of the media momentum is with mitt romney. he's getting more of the positive headlines and more momentum describing headlines. going into tonight his challenge is to go in and not over learn once again the lessons of that...
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romney and president obama crisscross the country trying to reach each voter. >> what is the cure for romnesia? >> well, obama care covers preexisting conditions, so -- >> and pablo sandoval is major league baseball's new mr. october. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> right now, hurricane sandy looks to become a menace to folks along the east coast. it's expected to bring high winds and heavy rain, even some snow to some areas. now, early this morning sandy slammed into cubas a strong category 2 hurricane, packing wind of 110 miles per hour. this storm is being blamed for two deaths so far. one in jamaica and one in haiti. so, nbc meteorologist bill karins has been tracking this powerful hurricane this morning. what can you tell us? >> unfortunately, the storm intensified and right now over santiago cuba got nailed in the unfortunate right quadrant at the eye of landfall. jamaica, 75% of the island does not have power and bands over hatedty will cause life threatening flash flooding through the morning hours. the bahamas during the day toda
romney and president obama crisscross the country trying to reach each voter. >> what is the cure for romnesia? >> well, obama care covers preexisting conditions, so -- >> and pablo sandoval is major league baseball's new mr. october. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> right now, hurricane sandy looks to become a menace to folks along the east coast. it's expected to bring high winds and heavy rain, even...
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and a reuters poll shows 37% obama won and 31% romney won. and 42% believe mitt romney won. today nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 73% chance of winning re-election and mitt romney will win 247 votes. >> i know you work while rush limbaugh is on. you actually overlap with him. >> i actually have him in my ear. >> you can't miss a minute. >> so you cut deeply into his first hour of ratings. >> i do. >> therefore it is my job to deliver to you what rush has said today. it took him a while but he figured out romney's debate strategy last night. >> a lot of people on our side thought he agreed with obama too much. a lot of people on our side didn't like that debate last night. let me just tell you. if my circle of friends is any indication. a lot of people thought romney got his clock cleaned, didn't like it at all. think the election is lost. i'm not kidding you. once i understood the strategy that the romney camp was employing, then the whole thing made sense to me. and the original disquietness and uncomfortableness and dissatisfaction that i
and a reuters poll shows 37% obama won and 31% romney won. and 42% believe mitt romney won. today nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 73% chance of winning re-election and mitt romney will win 247 votes. >> i know you work while rush limbaugh is on. you actually overlap with him. >> i actually have him in my ear. >> you can't miss a minute. >> so you cut deeply into his first hour of ratings. >> i do. >> therefore it is my job to...
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not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen here, i think that romney will go into this debate and try to hug the president where he can, and kind of pivot back to the economy. i think the president in this debate has got to be not just focusing on foreign policy, because that's the obvious thing to do. when governor romney tries to make this about the economy and domestic issues, to undercut that argument every chance he has. >> michael, is there any chance governor romney would come out swinging and perhaps try to paint the president as a person or a leader who does not, for example, support israel, blame the president for iran bein
not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen...
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a very different mitt romney showed up. i don't know whether the president we would get, be if he were elected, would be the one that was at the debate last night or the one who campaigned as a neo conservative these many months. i think there was a bit of dishonesty in terms of using strategy to mask policy. i don't know what policy is. i would suspect that the mitt romney that we saw for the last two years is the one who would go to the oval office and that's one i think that would make the situation in the middle east a little more complicated and a little more dangerous. the one who showed up last night was a mirror reflection of president obama in many ways and i think would be a continuation of policy. but i don't think that's the real mitt romney. >> jane har nan, you were at the debate what was your impression watching it from the audience? >> first of all we need to call you the iron woman of television. you do more travel and tv than anybody i've ever seen and look gorgeous. >> thank you for that. >> being there w
a very different mitt romney showed up. i don't know whether the president we would get, be if he were elected, would be the one that was at the debate last night or the one who campaigned as a neo conservative these many months. i think there was a bit of dishonesty in terms of using strategy to mask policy. i don't know what policy is. i would suspect that the mitt romney that we saw for the last two years is the one who would go to the oval office and that's one i think that would make the...
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is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with afghanistan is people we're training are killing the americans. >> and, willie, that really is -- i did not go to any military colleges, but if you were actually training people to turn around and kill you, that's a bad sign you need to get out of the country. >> i audited a class at west pointe once. >> here we go. we were doing so well. coming up live -- >> what about the giants? we're going to talk about the giants. >> we're going to keep going here. senator john mccain will be here onset. and also romney's sparring partner and debate prep, dr. brzezinski will join us
is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with...
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that is a death knell for romney. now they backed them up going into this debate because they know a strong majority does not want intervention, does not want boots on the ground, wants more multilateralism. does romney even know, by the way, that in this negotiation process that russia happens to be part of the p-5 plus 1 talks? our big great enemy? he'll have to talk to them. does he even know that? >> jonathan, i want to talk about libya, too. that is certain to come up tonight. there has been a lot of criticism this weekend, marco rubio on cbs suggesting sort of i won't say conspiracy theories but sort of. let's listen to what he said this sunday. >> one of the narratives that the obama campaign has laid out is that bin laden is dead, they bragged about that forever, and that al qaeda is in retreat. and you start to wonder, did they basically say do not allow any story to emerge that counters that narrative. is that why for two weeks, they told us that the libyan incident in benghazi was a popular uprising and not
that is a death knell for romney. now they backed them up going into this debate because they know a strong majority does not want intervention, does not want boots on the ground, wants more multilateralism. does romney even know, by the way, that in this negotiation process that russia happens to be part of the p-5 plus 1 talks? our big great enemy? he'll have to talk to them. does he even know that? >> jonathan, i want to talk about libya, too. that is certain to come up tonight. there...
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romney. the ohio, wisconsin, and iowa, he's got to make some inroads there. before that there's these four obama '08 states that are necessary for romney to flip over. starts with north carolina. he's well positioned to do that. florida, more likely than not to do that, but he also has to flip virginia and colorado before we can start talking about the ohio/wisconsin scenario. i think those are right now both of those at best 50/50 states for romney. i think the real -- there's a telling statistic out there. if you compare the exit polls from 2008 with the gallup polls from right now. if you look at the regional breakdown -- >> you mean the gallup tracking poll. >> if you look at the regional breakdown, in 2008 in the south, in the exit poll, it was even, obama versus mccain. today in that gallup tracking poll, it's a 22-point lead for mitt romney. so i think what you've seen is almost -- it looks like there's been an explosion of anti-obama sentiment in very, very red states which might be i
romney. the ohio, wisconsin, and iowa, he's got to make some inroads there. before that there's these four obama '08 states that are necessary for romney to flip over. starts with north carolina. he's well positioned to do that. florida, more likely than not to do that, but he also has to flip virginia and colorado before we can start talking about the ohio/wisconsin scenario. i think those are right now both of those at best 50/50 states for romney. i think the real -- there's a telling...
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romney was wrong. governor romney has been wrong. no matter what he tries to do tonight, he's been wrong. when you're commander in chief you have to be steady. you don't get multiple choices to get it right. the president was strong. that was a commander in chief there. we thought governor romney was unsteady and fairly reckless in his language. >> how surprised were you at the new agreements that you got with governor romney tonight? afghanistan specifically. >> it's his fourth position. you can't trust him. he'll have a new position next week. this president has one position. he's going to end this war in 2014 in part because we've ses mated al qaeda. you look at governor romney you saw a politician not a commander in chief. i think that's going to worry people all across america. >> on what is the new afghanistan agreement between president obama and mitt romney, i want you to think about it as you're in a unique situation as having been a campaign techtition and work in the white house. with just looking at it tactically is it th
romney was wrong. governor romney has been wrong. no matter what he tries to do tonight, he's been wrong. when you're commander in chief you have to be steady. you don't get multiple choices to get it right. the president was strong. that was a commander in chief there. we thought governor romney was unsteady and fairly reckless in his language. >> how surprised were you at the new agreements that you got with governor romney tonight? afghanistan specifically. >> it's his fourth...
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rob portman, who was governor romney's debate partner, is the chair of the romney team here in ohio. he feels a lot of pressure to deliver this state and he says basically, if they don't win here he sees it's going to be very difficult for them to win the white house. so all eyes on sandy at the moment, and also ohio. >> well put. keeping our eyes on both places. thank you very much, nbc's ron mott there. >>> so, popular vote there's electoral vote. could it be a split election? that's our question out there today. i'd like you all to talk to me on twitter, @alexwitt. i will be reading some of your tweets throughout the day. you can also hit me up on facebook. >>> the road to 270. could it all come down to colorado? we'll take a look at the rocky mountain showdown. keep it here on "weekends with alex witt." the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got
rob portman, who was governor romney's debate partner, is the chair of the romney team here in ohio. he feels a lot of pressure to deliver this state and he says basically, if they don't win here he sees it's going to be very difficult for them to win the white house. so all eyes on sandy at the moment, and also ohio. >> well put. keeping our eyes on both places. thank you very much, nbc's ron mott there. >>> so, popular vote there's electoral vote. could it be a split election?...
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what does mitt romney do? that's the big question mark. >> real quickly, this close to the election, does it matter if they've got to cancel these rallies? and what about their ads? if you're wall-to-wall coverage in some of these markets, the television ads aren't airing, right? >> no, they're not airing. you look at the states on the east coast that will be the most impacted, virginia and new hampshire. those states really matter. obviously, pennsylvania matters as well because mitt romney's people believe they're closing that race. but it does change everything. the key here is to not look too political. if you do that, that cob a backlash not only the states along the coastline that are impacted by this but across the entire country. it's messy out there not only weatherwise but also politically. >> you two actually interviewed the president over the weekend. you looked him in the eye. do you think he's feeling the heat, mika? >> i do. and i think that he's also enjoying the game. we were out there on the
what does mitt romney do? that's the big question mark. >> real quickly, this close to the election, does it matter if they've got to cancel these rallies? and what about their ads? if you're wall-to-wall coverage in some of these markets, the television ads aren't airing, right? >> no, they're not airing. you look at the states on the east coast that will be the most impacted, virginia and new hampshire. those states really matter. obviously, pennsylvania matters as well because...
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the romney campaign stands behind it. the reality is, what fiat is doing and the way they're going to outsource and put jeep and others overseas, it's accurate. i think mitt romney has taken the right stance on a structured bankruptcy. it's ultimately what president obama ended up doing, so there's been a lot of battle about that. i know particularly in ohio and what not, but the ad is 100% accurate. >> according to the detroit news, which endorsed mitt romney your candidate, chrysler previously built jeeps in china and the move is not unusual. the ford motor company builds ford vehicles in china for chinese buyers. general motors bukes in china for local consumers. >> well, but as you point out they previously did it. what the -- what's happening now is, fiat's moved to push jeep more into china. so the ad speaks for itself. the romney campaign stands by it and believes it's accurate. >> let me ask you about one of your big concerns which is libya. you're on the oversight committee and have been working with darrell issa
the romney campaign stands behind it. the reality is, what fiat is doing and the way they're going to outsource and put jeep and others overseas, it's accurate. i think mitt romney has taken the right stance on a structured bankruptcy. it's ultimately what president obama ended up doing, so there's been a lot of battle about that. i know particularly in ohio and what not, but the ad is 100% accurate. >> according to the detroit news, which endorsed mitt romney your candidate, chrysler...
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mitt romney, the survivor, emerg emerged. if you believe the national polls, we've seen the numbers. >> and just finally, where is your next stop? >> we are there. richmond, virginia, at some point here. i have to get back to new york and go to work. >> and we will see that, of course, brian. thanks for calling in. we will, of course, be watching brianle wi williams exclusive interview tonight with president obama on "rock center" on 10: 10:00/9 central on nbc and "nightly news" before that. we'll be right back. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it could save you thousands in out-o
mitt romney, the survivor, emerg emerged. if you believe the national polls, we've seen the numbers. >> and just finally, where is your next stop? >> we are there. richmond, virginia, at some point here. i have to get back to new york and go to work. >> and we will see that, of course, brian. thanks for calling in. we will, of course, be watching brianle wi williams exclusive interview tonight with president obama on "rock center" on 10: 10:00/9 central on nbc and...
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under romney, zero enrichment. under obama, there's potential for compromise. >> i think it would be great if president obama would say look, we were willing to talk to you and willing to do a deal. we had a deal on the table in the fall of 2010 where turkey and other countries supply you with the 20% enriched uranium you need. you will get stopped doing that. that's the first step toward a larger deal. we had that deal. ironically, ahmadinejad wanted it. it's the supreme leader who didn't. >> i think an important point from the romney perspective is he accused the president and will tomorrow again, accused the president of going soft on the greenop decision movement. he loves it. why didn't you support the revolution. every green movement leader and activist in iran, i know them, i have talked to them and spent time with them, every single one of them is against the sanctions. where is his answer to that? >> to pick up on what you said, even if we turn around and say it's not our fault if the banking sanctions are
under romney, zero enrichment. under obama, there's potential for compromise. >> i think it would be great if president obama would say look, we were willing to talk to you and willing to do a deal. we had a deal on the table in the fall of 2010 where turkey and other countries supply you with the 20% enriched uranium you need. you will get stopped doing that. that's the first step toward a larger deal. we had that deal. ironically, ahmadinejad wanted it. it's the supreme leader who...
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but mitt romney wins in the south. they split nevada and colorado, which i think a lot of people think's going to happen. and somehow mitt romney wins ohio and new hampshire. he's then at 268. the romney people think -- and we talked to some maine guys last night -- think that romney wins the second district. and that locks it at 269-269. does new hampshire matter? yeah. new hampshire matters. that's why the president's going to be up there. >> we'll be there, too. >>> coming up this morning, chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory, presidential historian douglas brinkley and "the washington post's" eugene washington. is president obama losing his edge among women? that's one of the stories in the "politico playbook." first bill karins with the latest on hurricane sandy. >> good morning. if you want to know the latest on sandy, the trend was a little further to the south, a little more impact for areas like virginia, delaware and maryland and maybe a little less impact in northern new england. first th
but mitt romney wins in the south. they split nevada and colorado, which i think a lot of people think's going to happen. and somehow mitt romney wins ohio and new hampshire. he's then at 268. the romney people think -- and we talked to some maine guys last night -- think that romney wins the second district. and that locks it at 269-269. does new hampshire matter? yeah. new hampshire matters. that's why the president's going to be up there. >> we'll be there, too. >>> coming up...
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clearly, romney caught up. i think obama did a lot in the last debate to blunt whatever momentum that created. but here we are. >> i'm looking out the window, john harwood, women for mitt. and she is very excited, yes, yes, i see, hello, jumping up and down. and as you look at the polls here, there is a pronounced gender back, president obama leads romney by 15 points. but we have seen different polls -- >> that's in ohio. "wall street journal" poll shows a tightening gap, eight percentage points or other polls that show it closer. but it looks like if you listen to chuck, he's dead right. can barack obama run up a big enough lead with women, and with hispanics? if he does, he wins. if he doesn't, he loses, right? >> no question, those are the two important constituencies, as well as whether or not they can get young people out. young people, who overwhelmingly for obama are down in enthusiasm. by the way, it is clear that if gene robinson were on the ballot, he would be doing better with women. >> are you kidd
clearly, romney caught up. i think obama did a lot in the last debate to blunt whatever momentum that created. but here we are. >> i'm looking out the window, john harwood, women for mitt. and she is very excited, yes, yes, i see, hello, jumping up and down. and as you look at the polls here, there is a pronounced gender back, president obama leads romney by 15 points. but we have seen different polls -- >> that's in ohio. "wall street journal" poll shows a tightening gap,...